Air cargo expectations adjust to vaccine shipment requirements
We are now a year into COVID-19. The world was not prepared for the magnitude of the initial shock, so ...
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Global carriers leverage scheduled flights for UNICEF vaccine deliveries
UNICEF has partnered with 16 airlines and formally launched the Humanitarian Airfreight Initiative, a program that not only prioritizes COVID-19-related ...
CFC: Will temperature requirements constrain the COVID vaccine rollout?
This article originally appeared in CFC Insights. Most common vaccines are distributed at temperatures between 2°C and 8°C (36F-46F). The ...
Executive Q&A with Manu Jacobs, Director of Specialty Products, United Cargo
In this Q&A with United Cargo, Director of Specialty Products Manu Jacobs talks to Air Cargo World Editor Caryn Livingston ...
American’s first shipment of COVID vaccine lands in Caribbean
American Airlines’ first shipment of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID vaccine, which received an Emergency Use Authorization from the U.S. Food and ...
FAA provides dry ice transport guidance for vaccine shipments
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration issued a Safety Alert for Operators (SAFO) Thursday regarding the transport of large quantities of ...
Pfizer vaccine flights begin to Israel
The first shipment of Pfizer’s and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine into Israel’s Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport (TLV) occurred today from ...
UPS will make dry ice, offer freezers for vaccine distribution
United Parcel Service Inc. has set up its own dry ice production and will provide portable, super-cold freezers to its ...
Express carriers have an edge in delivering Pfizer COVID vaccine
With cargo capacity under pressure for combination carriers and ACMI operators, the large networks of express carriers like UPS, FedEx ...
Emirates reactivates DWC hub for COVID-19 vaccine
Emirates suspended freighter operations at its SkyCentral hub at DWC at the end of March. (Photo: ...
Consultant Insight: Monitoring COVID-19 vaccine temperatures
The global distribution of coronavirus vaccines will require the collaboration of all pharmaceutical supply chain players. ...
Korean Air readies second cool center ahead of COVID-19 vaccine
Loading pharma cargo onto a 777F. Photo/Korean Air Korean Air is preparing for the eventuality of ...
Gulf Carriers focus on ground infrastructure ahead of COVID-19 vaccine
SkyCell containers leased by Qatar Airways Cargo. Photo/Qatar Airways Scorching average daily temperatures are the norm ...
WFS signs Air France-KLM handling deal, preps to open BRU terminal
WFS building 385 at BRU. Photo courtesy of WFS. Cargo handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has ...
